Exclusive: rules on same-sex wards could lead to delays in care, discrimination and animosity between groups, finds internal assessment
Trans people could face delays and a greater risk of “corridor care” under new NHS England guidance that means they will no longer be able to use same-sex wards, according to an internal report.
An NHS England impact assessment, seen by the Guardian, stated that trans people may also potentially experience discrimination and this could lead to them “avoiding accessing healthcare at all”.
Health secretary says inappropriately looking up details about William Chapman, who died at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, is ‘total disgrace’
NHS staff who inappropriately accessed the medical records of a man mauled to death by a tiger should be sacked, Yvette Cooper said.
The health secretary said the incident – which followed reports earlier this year that staff had unnecessarily viewed details about the Southport attack victims and those murdered by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in 2023 – was a “total disgrace”.
Health secretary says government has been preparing early and will spend money on ambulances and A&E upgrades
The NHS faces a more challenging winter than normal, the health secretary has warned, as she announced a £140m increase for urgent care in England.
Yvette Cooper said the money would help increase capacity, and that the NHS has been preparing since July to deal with the impact of seasonal illnesses.
Exclusive: health bodies across country say controversial US firm’s data platform no better than systems already in use
NHS organisations that care for millions of people in England are rejecting Palantir’s patient data technology, according to freedom of information responses that reveal health bosses believe they can find better or equal alternatives in many cases.
Some health bodies said the £330m federated data platform (FDP) operated by the controversial US company had made it easier to manage waiting lists and has improved surgery scheduling. But, from Gateshead to Truro, others said they were declining to use it or had carried out trials and reverted to old systems. A Suffolk trust said other systems “supercede” the FDP’s functionality, while Greater Manchester’s care board called the Palantir system “duplicative” and “retrograde”.
I fear for what comes next because medics must be able to ask questions, raise concerns and admit mistakes. A defensive staff is dangerous for everyone
Mark McDonald is a barrister representing Lucy Letby
I have been Lucy Letby’s barrister for the past two years. I have spent thousands of hours going through the evidence, speaking to experts and examining what happened to the babies who died or became seriously unwell on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital. I have worked with nearly 30 experts, including internationally recognised specialists in neonatology, pathology, insulin, statistics and other fields. It may be to some an inconvenient truth, but I am convinced that Letby is innocent, and her convictions represent one of the most serious miscarriages of justice in modern British legal history. That means she was failed by the police, the NHS, the criminal justice system and, importantly, a plethora of experts who simply got it wrong.
My work on the case has also raised wider concerns about the evidence and conclusions surrounding the deaths on the neonatal unit, and what the lessons being drawn from this case will mean for doctors and nurses in neonatal medicine.
Mark McDonald is a criminal defence and human rights barrister specialising in miscarriages of justice
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When the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was transferred from a category A prison to Broadmoor hospital, many observers complained that he was getting off lightly. But these places are anything but ‘cushy’, says the mother of one patient
Rampton high-security hospital in Nottinghamshire was built in 1912. Everything about the bleak, remote facility for mentally ill people is forbidding, says Jan Neate.“I get really upset going there,” she says. “Even though I really want to see Jake, visiting is an ordeal.”
Jake, 45, is Neate’s son. He has been held at Rampton for eight years. In 2017, many years after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, he killed his partner, Suzanne Brown, and was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.
After scheduling a visit with the hospital’s urgent care facility, the patients discussed their ailments with a Google chatbot before meeting with their doctors.
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